Street justice
Subtitle: retaliation in the criminal underworld
By: Bruce A. Jacobs, Richard Wright.
Contributors: Wright, Richard, 1951-
Series: Cambridge studies in criminology; Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780521617987; 9780521852784
Subjects: Gangs -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.; Vendetta -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.; Revenge.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-148) and index.
Table of contents: title: Background and methods; title: The retaliatory ethic; title: A typology of criminal retaliation; title: Gender and retaliation (with Christopher Mullins); title: Imperfect retaliation; title: Retaliation in perspective.